Storer H. Rowley: Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks are giving Republicans buyer’s...
Donald Trump’s ill-considered choice for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently emerged from yet another U.S. Senate meeting, stopped to talk with media and vowed, “As long as Donald Trump wants me...
View ArticleClarence Page: Kash Patel and his ‘bureau of intimidation’
When Merriam-Webster chose “polarization” as the word of the year for 2024, the timing was dramatic for many of us who make our living through words. Defining the word as “division into two sharply...
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Editorial: Will a bloated Walgreens, troubled for years, swallow a bitter...
After more than a century as a fixture on Main Streets across the country, one of Chicago’s signature companies is grabbing at a lifeline. The Wall Street Journal reported that Walgreens Boots Alliance...
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Edward Keegan: Our stewardship of historic buildings has been abysmal....
Chicago native David Garrard Lowe passed away earlier this year. At 91, his life spanned more years than many of the stunning buildings he documented in his classic book “Lost Chicago” — an elegiac ode...
View ArticleAidé Acosta: The real cost of the anti-college narrative for Black and brown...
Across the country, a growing anti-college sentiment has been gaining momentum, positioning itself as an inclusive alternative to traditional views of success. The movement has led more high schools...
View ArticleMarianne Schnall: Why we need to embolden women and girls to keep running for...
“Why has there never been a woman president?” my 8-year-old daughter, Lotus, asked me in 2008 when Barack Obama became our first Black president. It was such a thought-provoking question it inspired...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: We need a public safety consent decree that protects Chicagoans
Public safety is a human right that constitutes the government’s primary responsibility to its citizens. In Cook County, however, that right is being denied by the “criminal industrial complex” of...
View ArticleLetters: We are witnessing the disappearance of democracy
Americans, with their votes, approved a political movement that rejects the equality that has defined our democracy. Instead, of a government of, by and for the people, a few citizens will lead the...
View ArticleEditorial: Finally, aldermanic brakes are pressed on Mayor Brandon Johnson’s...
It’s rare that we would applaud inaction, but aldermen on Friday tacitly taking down Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tax-heavy solutions to Chicago’s budget crisis qualifies for cheers. The City Council is...
View ArticleMark Kelly: Chicago must create a more dynamic public arts realm. Here are...
I welcome Team Culture’s fun and bold ideas explored in the Tribune editorial “Downtown Chicago needs reimagining. It’s OK (this time) to think small.” Yes, we do need big ideas that center the arts...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: How South Korea’s martial law and impeachment saga affects...
South Korea, one of Washington’s closest allies in East Asia, is no stranger to scandal and political intrigue. But the last two weeks of political infighting in Seoul has made the previous 40 years...
View ArticleEditorial: Some see a silver lining to Chicago’s woes. Cheaper high-end...
When the news broke last month that Gov. JB Pritzker bought part of a Gold Coast condo complex from Ken Griffin for $15 million less than the Citadel founder paid for it in 2017, the transaction...
View ArticleLetters: Here’s what we must do to achieve world-class mass transit in Chicago
I read with interest the front-page Tribune story on a delegation of Chicago legislators and advocates traveling to Germany to learn about its public transit systems (“Illinois environment and labor...
View ArticleAlexi Giannoulias: Competent governance is a good political strategy
If Democrats are looking for a new political priority, we should consider administrative competence and innovation. It’s not very sexy, but in a world of increasing uncertainty, more reliable delivery...
View ArticleLetters: Chicago should consider innovative approaches in tackling homelessness
The removal of the homeless encampment in Humboldt Park exposes the urgent need for bold, systemic solutions to Chicago’s housing crisis. While city initiatives such as the Humboldt Park Encampment...
View ArticleJonathan Zimmerman: Universities have a free speech problem, but they won’t...
In Alcoholics Anonymous, the first step toward recovery is to acknowledge that you have a problem. You can’t get better until you admit that you’re not well. But our universities won’t do that. Look no...
View ArticleSeung-Whan Choi: If South Korea’s president is impeached, who should replace...
Last weekend, South Korea’s Congress passed an impeachment bill for President Yoon Suk Yeol. While the constitutional court of Korea is expected to deliver a final verdict within 180 days, the odds...
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Editorial: Downtown Chicago paid too high a price for slowpoke, ill-conceived...
Was the epic, three-year Kennedy Expressway lane closure and rehabilitation project a smart, well-timed idea? Was there really enough of an emergency worth causing untold thousands of vehicles to sit...
View ArticleCory Franklin: Journalists failed to ask Dr. Anthony Fauci the hard questions...
In the midst of a flurry of presidential pardons and commutations by President Joe Biden, there is talk in the White House of preemptive pardons for people who could be at risk of prosecution by the...
View ArticleAbraham Scarr: To fix failing Peoples Gas pipe replacement program, focus on...
Last year, utility regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission finally held Peoples Gas and its failing pipe replacement program accountable. Not only did regulators launch a yearslong investigation...
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